Location: United States
Member Since: July 14, 2011

Kristin Fontichiaro


Biography

Writer, UM faculty

Where to find Kristin Fontichiaro online

Website: http://fontichiaro.com
Twitter: activelearning
    Blog: http://blog.schoollibrarymonthly.com

    Books

    Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Information Literacy 
But Were Afraid to Google    by Kristin Fontichiaro
    Price: Free! 28220 words. Published on December 18, 2012. Essay.
    A collection of reflections about information and digital literacy practice in schools, libraries, support organizations, and informal learning settings. Note to Smashwords users: hyperlinks may not be functional in the HTML or JavaScript versions but are active in the .epub and .mobi downloads.
    Information Literacy in the Wild    by Kristin Fontichiaro
    Price: Free! 43580 words. Published on December 16, 2011. Nonfiction.
    Edited by Kristin Fontichiaro. Foreword by Jeffrey MacKie-Mason. A collection of essays on the topic of information and digital literacy from multiple perspectives.
    Publishing Student Writing to the iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch Using Smashwords and Bluefire Reader    by Kristin Fontichiaro
    Price: Free! 3620 words. Published on October 20, 2011. Nonfiction.
    (5.00 from 1 review)
    This short work describes how educators can gather student work into an eBook, quickly create cover art using PowerPoint, format it for uploading to Smashwords (including links to Smashwords Style Guide), upload it, and then invite students to download it to their iDevice via the free Bluefire Reader app. No cables, syncing, or iTunes required!
    School Libraries: What's Now, What's Next, What's Yet to Come    by Kristin Fontichiaro
    Price: Free! 45700 words. Published on October 15, 2011. Nonfiction.
    (5.00 from 1 review)
    A crowdsourced collection of over 100 essays from around the world about trends in school libraries written by librarians, teachers, publishers, and library vendors. Edited by Kristin Fontichiaro and Buffy Hamilton. Foreword by R. David Lankes. Photographs by Diane Cordell.
    The King's Shoes    by Kristin Fontichiaro
    Price: Free! 1470 words. Published on July 14, 2011. Fiction.
    A short story that requires audience participation to construct the solution. The footmen to a king with an extensive footwear collection struggle to find a failsafe method of sorting the shoes, providing students with a context to understand the importance of classification.

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